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On This Day - May 16

1908	D 1 (I 71)	Launched

1911	E 4 (I 84)	Laid Down

1917	L 52	Laid Down

1933	Sealion (N 72)	Laid Down

1940	Porpoise (N 14)	HMS Porpoise lays minefield FD 11 (48 mines) off Kalvag, Norway.

1940	O 9 (Dutch)	Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O10, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.

1940	O 10 (Dutch)	Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.

1940	O 23 (Dutch)	Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O10, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.

1940	O 24 (Dutch)	Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O10 and HrMs O23

1943	Unruly (P 49)	HMS Unruly torpedoed & damaged the Italian merchant Nicolo Tommaseo

1945	Statesman (P 246)	HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.

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